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Lesson 4: Barriers to Seeking Help
Despite the fact that depression and anxiety are so common, we know that for many reasons, help is not sought – often until a person reaches crisis point. In this lesson we review the range of barriers that prevent people from seeking help early, and again listen to the personal… Read More
Lesson 1: Effective Treatments
Lesson one will provide you with important information about safe and effective treatments for anxiety and depression. This includes talking therapies as well as medical treatments (medications). The importance of seeking treatment is also demonstrated in Nia’s story, which highlights the how this helped her on the path to… Read More
Lesson 2: Pregnancy
Pregnancy can bring many changes – physical, mental, and emotional. Whilst we often focus on the more obvious physical changes, often the other underlying adjustments are not recognised, and may cause and/or contribute to experiencing stress in pregnancy. In this lesson we consider the range of factors that may… Read More
Lesson 1: Perinatal Anxiety
We are now going to start to focus on the most common mental health conditions that can begin in pregnancy and the first year following birth – starting with perinatal anxiety. Anxiety is the most common mental health condition. In this lesson we will gain a deeper understanding of… Read More
Lesson 1: Effective Treatments
Lesson one will provide you with important information about safe and effective treatments for anxiety and depression. This includes talking therapies as well as medical treatments (medications). The importance of seeking treatment is also demonstrated in Nia’s story, which highlights the how this helped her on the path to… Read More
Lesson 2: Pregnancy
Pregnancy can bring many changes – physical, mental, and emotional. Whilst we often focus on the more obvious physical changes, often the other underlying adjustments are not recognised, and may cause and/or contribute to experiencing stress in pregnancy. In this lesson we consider the range of factors that may… Read More
Lesson 1: Perinatal Anxiety
We are now going to start to focus on the most common mental health conditions that can begin in pregnancy and the first year following birth – starting with perinatal anxiety. Anxiety is the most common mental health condition. In this lesson we will gain a deeper understanding of… Read More
Lesson 3: Who is at risk?
Just like people can be at greater risk of developing physical health conditions based upon their genetic make-up, personal history and life events or lifestyle factors, so too are some people at greater risk of developing a mental health condition around the time of having a baby. In this lesson… Read More
Lesson 2: Perinatal Depression
Another very common condition affecting new parents and those expecting a baby is depression. Often depression develops in pregnancy (antenatal depression), and the risk increases in the months after having a baby (postnatal depression). As it is condition that affects both men and women, is important to be able to… Read More